Offshore
IHI completes largest LNG terminal
IHI announced on September 28th that it has completed the LNG import terminal it had been constructing at suburb of Hackberry, Louisiana. The terminal has three LNG tanks, making it the largest LNG terminal in the US, capable of accepting 7 to 12...
2009-09-30 07:18:06
Offshore slump to stretch into 2010
Offshore support vessel (OSV) players are faced with another difficult year in 2010, although there should be some recovery over this year’s market. Pareto senior vice-president Christian Loken said an OSV newbuilding orderbook of around 30% of ...
2009-09-30 07:05:20
Koreans develop LNG tank technology
Korea Gas Corporation and the country’s big three shipbuilders, namely Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, have jointly developed LNG storage tank system to be installed on LNG carriers, ...
2009-09-29 06:32:34
Gazprom talks with Russian: Shtokman
Russian gas giant Gazprom has given fresh signs that it is serious about building the LNG carriers it will need for its huge Shtokman project at domestic shipyards. In the past few days, the company held meetings with Russian yards after a widenin...
2009-09-28 07:08:22
Argentines eye Brazilian offshore pie
Argentina’s shipbuilders are looking to revive their fortunes by winning a slice of Brazil's offshore boom, foreign media reports. The country's yards association is pushing for the ability to team up with Brazilian counterparts to work on the g...
2009-09-28 06:58:21
Trico delays delivery of PSVs
Trico Marine Services is selling two ships and delaying deliveries of vessels building in India in a bid to shore up its balance sheet. The US company says it has sold two North Sea class vessels to buyers in Asia for an aggregate price of about $...
2009-09-28 06:53:39
CLSL-MISC order LNG carrier
China LNG Shipping (Holdings) Limited and Malaysia’s MISC Bhd have signed a co-operation agreement for the construction of an LNG carrier at China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co. Local papers speculate that CLSL will hold a 51% majo...
2009-09-28 06:46:41
Offshore still in slump
According to industry statistics, shipbuilders around the world have secured no offshore vessel order in May and June this year. They won orders for three vessels of 25,300 cgt in July but order intakes returned to zero in August. Offshore vess...
2009-09-28 06:29:14
Euro-Russia share technologies
Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (OSK) has come to preliminary agreements with European companies on sharing of shipbuilding technologies under reasonable terms, said OSK Vice-President Sergei Forafonov at the 10th international exhibition ...
2009-09-25 06:48:09
Iran to build 25 LNG carriers
Iran LNG Company managing director Ali Kheirandish said as the country's demand for LNG development increases, 25 LNG carriers would be required going forward, local newspaper reported. He said about $200m will be needed to build one LNG carrier on a...
2009-09-24 14:20:59
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